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Typhoon caused daniel and flooding, at least four were killed, four missing and more than 100 injured. 3 million households are without electricity. right now the powerful storm is making its way to mainland china. in this country downed power lines in mecca, california after a thunderstorm blew through. at the peak more than 6,000 without power. reynolds wolf is here with the weather and more storms and oppressive heat. good morning. >> good morning, alex. we could be seeing some rough stuff ...

Actually ready to move on. it was tough to see what was 26 years of his life with his family, daughters, grandchildren now, christmases, thanksgivings, pretty much being ripped away. but hes got a great spirit and this gentleman you see behind me here took his family into the bathroom, six people in all, took the little kids, stuffed them around the toilet, packed them with pillows and they got a great survival story. now time to pick up the pieces and move on. thats the theme across mississippi...

Friday, maybe next saturday as the next round of the storms thatll come in with all these ingredients favorable. its early enough yet i havent started giving tor-con numbers that far in vance. usually i do it a day in advance. >> dr. greg forbes, a man much smarter than me, inventor of the tor-con. keep an eye on the weather channel and of course msnbc will bring you the results of the little machine behind you. thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >> helps a lot of people certainly when they have ti...

I like the name. it sounds scientific. >> tornado condition index. as you say, the probability of a tornado within about 50 miles of a location and i look at the ingredients that come together. there are three. we are seeing them here. you have to have instability to create the thunderstorms, warm, moist air. you have to have favorable wind conditions, increasing speed turning with height, and then you need the trigger using an upper air system, like baking a cake. you need the two ingredients a...